http://ppt.cc/h,Rw By Richard Clarke One massive week just gone. One to come. 一个重大的礼拜过去了，下一个重大的礼拜接踵而至 Arsenal missed a huge opportunity in losing the Carling Cup Final to Birmingham last Sunday. But, thanks to a little help elsewhere, another major chance has presented itself this weekend. 失去了一个奖盃，但是还是有机会可以去夺得剩下的。 The 5-0 victory over Leyton Orient in an FA Cup Fifth Round replay on Wednesday may have been welcome catharsis following that surprise defeat at Wembley. But the biggest fillip of the week had arrived the night before. 5-0固然很喜悦，但这个礼拜的挑战又来了。 Chelsea’s comeback victory over Manchester United has put Arsenal back in control of their Premier League destiny once more. 车车的後来居上让枪手又有夺取联赛冠军的希望。 Now, if they win their last 11 games the title will come to the Emirates. End of story. 如果曼联最後的比赛全赢，冠军当然是他们的。(这不是废话吗=ㄦ=) Of course the same is true of the Old Trafford outfit and the clash between the two teams in May should be pivotal. But victory over Sunderland this weekend will leave Wenger’s side just a point off the leaders, who travel to arch-rivals Liverpool the following day missing a number of key players. 但是曼联当然也有其他强大的对手要踢。所以枪手如果踢赢桑德兰会给他们带来压力。 It is an opportunity, certainly. According to the manager, their best for three years. But, he argued at Friday’s press conference, they are still playing catch-up. 这是三年来争夺联赛冠军的最佳机会。 “The title is Man United’s to lose,” he said. “Even if you look at the bookmakers, it’s 8/13 for Man United and I think the other way around for us - 13/8. 曼联还是比较被赌徒看好 “Mathematically it’s in our hands. But that does not mean that, if you look at the fixtures, that it’s ours to lose at the moment. We have difficult games. "这些赌博数据不代表甚麽。" “In fact I would say exactly the reverse: it’s ours to win more than ours to lose, because they are in a leading position. So it’s down to us and to our good behaviour to win it. 事实上，曼联会受到比较多的压力，因为排在首位的压力较大。 “To be honest I don’t count too much on them feeling the pressure. I count on my team more than on any weakness of Man United. 重要的是信任自己的球员，而不是去期待曼联的失误。 "You cannot say United's form has been poor - they have been dominant at home, and we should not expect any slip from them.” 曼联主场很强，你不能期待他们会掉分。 Wenger may leave it as late as the morning warm-up before deciding if Laurent Koscielny has sufficiently recovered from his hamstring injury to face Sunderland. Aaron Ramsey is back from loan and Cardiff and in the squad. He was on the bench a couple of times in January but did not come on. The Welsh midfielder has not kicked a ball for the Arsenal first team since breaking his leg at Stoke just over a year ago. Ramsey回归。K6有小伤。 Robin van Persie (knee) was a casualty of the Carling Cup Final last weekend while Theo Walcott (ankle) is a couple of weeks away. RVP W14还没康复。 Cesc Fabregas (hamstring) and Alex Song (knee) both miss out this weekend but could be back for Barcelona on Tuesday. The manager is classing them both as ‘doubts’, with the former more likely to play than the latter. 小法，宋这场也不能上，但打巴塞应该可以上。 After the trip to Spain, there is Manchester United the following Saturday in the FA Cup Quarter-Final. 打完巴塞，就要打曼联--FA CUP Clearly there are ‘massive weeks’ and then there are ‘massive weeks’. 一个又一个重要的礼拜。 But after this one, Arsenal could be on the shoulders of the Premier League leaders, in the last eight of the Champions League and the last four in the FA Cup having vanquished their biggest rivals. 但是如果重要的礼拜过去之後，枪手可能在联赛龙头，欧冠八强，足总四强!! Or it could be a straight uphill fight for the title. 但或许只会剩下联赛冠军可以争夺。 Or anything in between. 也许也许，取得一个或两个。 The point is that, despite last Sunday, Arsenal’s season is still ahead of them. 枪手的球季还可以往前看。 To illustrate, Wenger was asked when he side were in as strong a position in the League. “When we drew at Birmingham [in 2008],” he replied. That was a game remembered for, in varying degrees, Eduardo, Martin Taylor, William Gallas, Gael Clichy, Emmanuel Adebayor, Nicklas Bendtner and Theo Walcott. Birmingham’s injury-time equaliser that day ushered along a decline that had already started a couple of weeks earlier by being knocked out of the FA Cup at Old Trafford and would end with a Champions League exit at Liverpool in mid-April. 在2008跟薄命汉1-1的比赛之後，情况跟现在有点像。 You sense and you hope Arsenal are stronger all-round this time. They suffered a massive jolt last Sunday and Orient were perhaps not good enough to test the extent of their recovery. 但我们希望这次枪手可以挺住。 Who knows, having lost their last four in the League, Sunderland might not either. After all manager Steve Bruce has been to Emirates Stadium six times and lost each time. 黑猫最近的战绩很差，自从布鲁斯职教之後作客来我们家也是全败。 But the Wearsiders scraped their way to a last-gasp 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light earlier this season. A similar result on Saturday would be a body blow almost as big as the one felt around Wembley on Sunday. 但他们的状态有在回复。而且黑猫也很会打身体，跟薄命汉很像。 “We were a bit unlucky as well that day,” remembered Wenger. “We played one minute over the added time and we got Song sent off on the day so we were down to ten men. 教授说我们那天运气不是很好，刚好SONG有点受伤，在场边休息，场上只有十人。 “But it was a difficult game and that shows Sunderland can be a danger for anybody because they are a good side. If you look at their team, the quality of players they have in their team, it’s not a surprise that they took a point from us. And, on Saturday, we want the points. 黑猫的球员都是不错的。 Still, right now, Arsenal’s fixtures are not just about Arsenal. For some they are also about comparisons with Manchester United. Wenger knows he can afford to take that perspective. 枪手必须要承担压力。 “I don’t think [Arsenal beating Sunderland] will change the attitude of Man United or of Liverpool on Sunday,” he said, summing up. “It is a big game for both anyway. 我不认为就算我们打败黑猫会改变曼联或是利物浦的态度。这对双方都是重要的比赛。 “People come to conclusions about ‘if we beat Sunderland’ so let’s beat Sunderland first. We have our own fate in our hands, mathematically. We want to win our games. We are on a good run, on a very strong run, if you look at our recent performances in the Premier League. 反正就赢下比赛就对了。 “So let’s just keep it going.” "往前迈进吧!枪手" --

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